| Rank | Country | Railways |
121 | Lebanon |  total: 401 km standard gauge: 319 km 1.435 m narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050 m note: rail system unusable because of the damage done during fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2006) |
| Lesotho | void |
116 | Liberia |  total: 490 km standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge note: sections of railway are inoperable because of damage suffered during civil wars from 1980 to 2003 (2008) |
| Libya |  0 km note: Libya plans to build seven lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track (2006) |
| Liechtenstein | 9 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified) note: belongs to the Austrian Railway System connecting Austria and Switzerland (2006) |
78 | Lithuania | total: 1,771 km broad gauge: 1,749 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified) standard gauge: 22 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
126 | Luxembourg | total: 275 km standard gauge: 275 km 1.435-m gauge (243 km electrified) (2006) |
| Macau | void |
105 | Macedonia | total: 699 km standard gauge: 699 km 1.435-m gauge (223 km electrified) (2006) |
94 | Madagascar | total: 854 km narrow gauge: 854 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
100 | Malawi | total: 797 km narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
76 | Malaysia | total: 1,890 km standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2006) |
| Maldives | void |
102 | Mali | total: 729 km narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |